June 1

Today we went to Berlin. It has been a long day and really full. The train trip was fun; I had never been on a train before. In Berlin we had a tour of important points of the city, then we ate and shopped at the Alexa mall, and then had a very in depth tour of the Reichstag. The tours were interesting. I wish I had understood more, it was another moment of me wishing I had more than two semesters of German. I did understand some things contextually and there were a few very joyful times when I understood full sentences.

The city is really fascinating, the history especially, and the architecture, and I look forward to having some free time tomorrow to people watch and maybe interact with more. In general though the people here are able to speak English and they switch to that as soon as they realize you speak English. Wittenberg is definitely a better city for forcing the use of German.

The Whole Group -- Missouri State and South Carolina

The Reichstag

Bears are all over Berlin, so I thought this was an important picture to add.